Sentences with phrase «on test scores alone»

It is especially important to look at how well the initiative is being implemented before drawing conclusions based on test scores alone.

Teachers are increasingly judged and evaluated on test scores alone.

But if we all agree that it's insane to measure teachers based on test scores alone, why should we keep doing that for schools?

The release Thursday of the results on the state's Academic Performance Index marks the end of a decade of judging student performance based on test scores alone.

We also left ourselves open to grossly misleading claims about our policies, such as the myth that we advocated evaluating teacher performance based on test scores alone.

Not exact matches

As the state notes of its system, «A central tenet of AchieveNJ is that educators are never evaluated on a single factor or test score alone, but on multiple measures of both effective practice and student learning.»

A less narrow concept of school quality (currently limited to short - term gains in test scores alone) is essential to refocus the movement on its ultimate object: setting children on a path for lives of self - sufficiency, upward mobility, and engaged citizenship.

Though each of these policies has been tied to student test - score improvements, either the effect size was too small or the policy affected too few students to alone account for the substantial test - score improvements seen on the NAEP and FCAT.

Jay accuses the foundation of failing to disclose the limited power of classroom observation scores in predicting future test score gains over and above what one would predict based on value - added scores alone.

Using student data to assess teachers raises a number of thorny objections, as unions and individual teachers balk at using student test scores alone to drive decisions on teacher effectiveness.

«Back then,» we typically evaluated schools based on average test scores alone.

Before passage of ESSA in 2015, Ladd said «there was no way schools alone could succeed and help children flourish as long as we had this narrow focus on test scores.»

Information on test scores may help, but they alone will not get us there.

But while some schools select on ranked test scores alone, others use a range of criteria to decide which pupils to admit once they have passed the test.

Ms. Smith is far from alone in failing to see the connection between a broad, rich curriculum and success on test scores — not to mention in life.

«Teacher effectiveness should not be based on student test scores alone,» said Gene R. Carter, ASCD Executive Director.

They measure performance on a single indicator — state test scores — and determine on the basis of that indicator alone whether a school needs assistance.

«As a central... tenet, we believe that educators should never be evaluated on a single factor or test score alone, but on multiple measures of both effective practice and student learning outcomes.»